Did Trump Lie About: Former Presidents Regretting That They Didn't Build A Border Wall?
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Haven't found a direct quote yet, so it could be more media lying about what Trump actually said (another "all Mexicans are rapists" case)...but it's just as likely not to be.
Every reasonable person should want expanded fencing along the border. But Trump's ridiculous emphasis on a sea-to-sea wall mucks everything up even more. It's a stupid idea. It'll never happen. It shouldn't happen. And it's driven the other side even crazier, so that now the vocal vanguard of the progressive left seems to have adopted a position according to which any barrier at the border is inherently evil. (Of course the VVPL seems to think that any enforcement of immigration law of any kind at the southern border is evil...) Hence the brainless rhetoric like [breathy voice] Walls divide...
Dems did previously recognize the desirability of more fencing. Now when asked they seem to shift the conversation to the stupidity of the border-spanning wall idea. The sane option--expanded fencing--seems to have dropped into third place among preferences, and each side is now fixated on the stupidest idea on the other side. And the fight has become symbolic...so...now it's very much more difficult to straighten out.
This is exactly the kind of thing I worried about when Trump won: we get Trump (bad enough in itself), he makes progressives even crazier than they already are, he crashes spectacularly...then we get an even crazier progressivism.
Previously, IMO, the Democratic leadership was good at stringing along the crazy left wing of the party without giving them the crazy shit they wanted. If they show that they're going to keep doing that, they can get me back.
Haven't found a direct quote yet, so it could be more media lying about what Trump actually said (another "all Mexicans are rapists" case)...but it's just as likely not to be.
Every reasonable person should want expanded fencing along the border. But Trump's ridiculous emphasis on a sea-to-sea wall mucks everything up even more. It's a stupid idea. It'll never happen. It shouldn't happen. And it's driven the other side even crazier, so that now the vocal vanguard of the progressive left seems to have adopted a position according to which any barrier at the border is inherently evil. (Of course the VVPL seems to think that any enforcement of immigration law of any kind at the southern border is evil...) Hence the brainless rhetoric like [breathy voice] Walls divide...
Dems did previously recognize the desirability of more fencing. Now when asked they seem to shift the conversation to the stupidity of the border-spanning wall idea. The sane option--expanded fencing--seems to have dropped into third place among preferences, and each side is now fixated on the stupidest idea on the other side. And the fight has become symbolic...so...now it's very much more difficult to straighten out.
This is exactly the kind of thing I worried about when Trump won: we get Trump (bad enough in itself), he makes progressives even crazier than they already are, he crashes spectacularly...then we get an even crazier progressivism.
Previously, IMO, the Democratic leadership was good at stringing along the crazy left wing of the party without giving them the crazy shit they wanted. If they show that they're going to keep doing that, they can get me back.
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